There is a story about a woman who rode the same bus to work every morning. One day an old man got on the bus. He was shabbily dressed, obviously down and out. She thought about what she could do to express Christian love to this poor man. How could she reach out and help him? She got up, took a dollar out of her purse, went over to the man, pressed the dollar into the palm of his hand, and said, "Never despair. Just remember, never despair."

The next day the woman was on the bus again. The man got on at the same stop, and came back to where the woman was sitting. He took eight dollars out of his pocket and pressed into her hand. She said, "What is the meaning of this?" He said, "Never Despair won the first race at Del Mar." 1

With the racing season on at Del Mar, I thought it would be…